[oh_sigh]

Why not just fill it with fresh, chlorinated water? This project is never going to happen without chlorination.

[rmxt]

The NYC Dept. of Parks has already done that (and with free admission!) [1], so perhaps the novelty has worn off.

[1] http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/barrettopointpark/facilitie...

[joezydeco]

Yeah, I'm confused. I'm assuming the NY Health Department will be the ones that certify the pool as usable by the public or not, right?

So this whole dashboard mess is really useless: it's a binary decision. Is the pool safe or not? I mean yeah, if you want a nifty graphic screen showing how messed up the river is then go nuts. But I'd rather not know that the water is "kinda okay" for swimming. Either it's safe or it's not.

[cowsandmilk]

what is this dashboard you are referring to?

In most municipalities, all public pools require testing daily. One can assume they're just going to test daily before opening like all the other pools and use that decide whether to open.

[joezydeco]

http://dashboard.pluspool.org/

[readerrrr]

Sure you can do that, for safety( and it is really easy ). But I think the larger goal here is to develop methods for filtration; it doesn't use electricity, machinery and uses local water.

I think this is the best example of what a project on kickstarter is supposed to be.

[a8da6b0c91d]

You'd still need chlorine to keep the swimmers' bodies from fouling up the water, unless you're substantially refilling continuously.

[readerrrr]

Read the parent post of my comment.

[katbyte]

because its not just a floating pool, its a pool that uses the actual water of the east river and filtration.